If you've spent any time looking for a new car, you've probably noticed that some terms keep popping up again and again. Phrases like all-new, redesigned or even refreshed may seem like variations on the same theme, but these terms actually mean different...

Q: I have a 2000 Ford Taurus that appears to no longer recognize the ignition key. The car has been sitting for four weeks while the local Ford dealer has unsuccessfully tried to find a replacement anti-theft module (the apparent culprit). Is it...

Likes, retweets and plusses don’t mean much for auto sales.
A new report by Auto Trader found that only one percent of car buyers used social media sites to shop for a vehicle.
Millennials, who are categorized as the 18 to 34 year-old demographic...

As a homeowner in Bolingbrook, I recently received a flyer and information stating that Bolingbrook was seeking to close down our 911 center and have our phone calls answered by some out-of-town agency that answers phones for almost 2 dozen other...

Hyundai Motor Co will pay a fine of $17.35 million for failing to report a brake defect in timely fashion to U.S. safety regulators, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday.
NHTSA said the South Korean automaker delayed a...

BMW remains on track to be the world's biggest luxury automaker despite a strong challenge from its German rivals.
Second quarter sales by the core BMW brand rose 8.3 percent to 458,000 vehicles, a record high, as new models such as the 4-series...

In our fast-paced world where we're always on the go, we might forget to slow down and stop to reflect on how we got to here. Take traffic signals, for example. Such a safe and orderly (most of the time) system for moving high volumes of motorized...

We’ve all done it. You get a brand new sports car with insane performance specs and the most sensitive accelerator and such form-hugging handling that you are impelled to push it. The car wants you to.
Not speeding in a new sports car is much harder to...

For decades, Subaru's all-wheel-drive vehicles have delivered people to the trail head, campground and ski slope safely. Now the brand is turning to technology to give drivers an extra measure of security.
The popular brand — among the fastest-growing...

HONG KONG - Chinese officials have blamed the chairman of a car parts factory in eastern China and local regulators for safety breaches that led to the most deadly industrial accident in a year, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. The...

The Chicago city clerk's office had to reprint and remail city stickers to more than 12,000 motorists this year because the stickers hadn't arrived at residents' homes long after they paid.
City Clerk Susana Mendoza has touted her office's move toward...

Hyundai said it will recall 883,000 Hyundai Sonata sedans from the 2011-2014 model years because of a problem with the gear shifter.
In some vehicles the cable on the transmission shifter detaches. When that happens the transmission gear selection...

TOKYO — Toyota maintained its global sales lead over Volkswagen in the year's first six months as rising U.S. demand for SUVs paced a first-half record.
Deliveries for Toyota, including its Hino Motors Ltd. and Daihatsu Motor Co. units, climbed 3.8...

Anxious GM owners of recalled cars may not get much relief from selling it in the used car market.
Older model GM cars affected by the ignition switch recall face twice the rate of depreciation than similar used cars, according to car search engine...

The following items were taken from police reports:
Oak Park
Two Oak Park residents were robbed at gunpoint of cash, an iPhone and a flip phone, all valued at $500, in the 800 block of Mapleton Avenue at 9:10 p.m. July 16.
Two 21-year-old Chicago men...

The Chicago City Council has a long history of doing nefarious things to its citizens, but as far as we can tell, it has never tried to ruin your car’s engine. There’s a first for everything.
A council committee is set to hold a hearing Monday on an...

A lot has been said about the 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage, most of it bad. “If this car wasn’t disappointing, it wouldn’t be anything at all,” said the New York Times. Even Consumer Reports called it a “dreadful little hatchback.”
This is not good for an

Not long ago, there was little warfare in the ultimate luxury marketplace where automakers seemed content to ride the prestige of their heritage. So steeped in marketing hubris was Rolls-Royce, despite being out-engineered by the decade-old Mercedes...